, 1887-05-22
ODDS AND ENDS.
Stray Leaves From a Reportsr's
Note Book,
Gathered During the Past Twenty
Four Hours.

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tied.
The round up is in progress near Hat
creek.
A good many wires were readiusted
yesterday in the city.
Several new cases were commenced in
the justices courts Yesterday.
The library and reading room is not as
well patronized as it should be.
The Magic City Gun club was out for a
practice shoot yesterday afternoon.
The trial filter has been brought back
and put in position near the opera house.
W. D. Pease has been elected chaplain
of John F. Reynolds post, vice W. o.
Smith, resigned.
The ladies of the Episcopal church will
give a sociable in Library hall on Wednes-
day evening next.
The members of the council committee
on water and water system took trip up
Grow creek yesterday.
One ordinary drunk and TWO moderate
disturbances were disposed of in the police
courts neutrality-suspicious..
The Young Mems Christian Association
will hold devotional services at the First
Baptist church at $3.50 O'Clock this after
noon.
A party of Cheyenne marksmen will go
out to Chalk Bluffs o-day to try their
skill on whatever game they chance to
meet.
A party of fifteen, all of whom are to
be witnesses before the grand jury, arrived
10 Cheyenne from Lusk and vicinity last
evening.
That extraordinary clap of lightning
aud flash Of thunder" badly demoralized
some of the telephone and other wires in
the city.
A Crazy Tea" is a new institution in
Cheyenne, but the young ladies of the
Presbyterian church will hold one on Tues
day evening.
The grand jury room in the third story
of the court house has recently been re-
fitted and put in shape for the use OF the
grand jury at the coming term of court.
st. Louis business men have already
subscribed more than 800, 900 for the
next national encampnlent, the ex-confed-
crates subscribing as literally as anybody
else.
The value of the property of all kinds
belonging to the First Congregational
church of Cheyenne is a trife over s3l,-
600, and its church debt is about 80, 900,
which will soon be very materially re-
duced.
Joe Berry, for stealing a valuable silk
handkerchief out of a coat left hanging
up in one of the business places on Six
teenth street, was tried before Judge Lee
Yesterday and sent to the county jail for
ten days.
The ground which had become very
dry out in the country has now received
such a soaking up that there is no doubt
of the grass taking an extraordinary start.
Not a word has been heard about poison
weed thus far this spring.
All those who have friends who were
soldiers buried in the cemetery should be
up there this afternoon and point out the
graves to the committee. So far as now
known, there are ninety seven graves to
be decorated, including those at Fort Rus
sell.
The district court will convene at 10
o'clock to morrow morning. THE LEADER
has not published the docket this time for
two reasons, first, for want of space, and,
second, because it is only interesting to a
very few outside of the parties concerned
and their attorneys.
Dances are held quite frequently out in
the country northwest and west of Chey.
nne At the one given at Colorado
Junction, Thursday night, BY Mr.. and
Mrs. P. II. Bontecou, an excellent sup
per was provided and it was In all respects
a very pleasant affair.
An oil painting by Miss Sylvia Adam
sky, which represents a scene on the Jer-
sey coast. and which has been placed in
one Of the show windows at A~damsky's,
is attracting considerable attention and
the painting, by competent critics, is pro
nounced to be an excellent one.
The United States signal observer re
ports as follows: Maximum temperature
yesterday, 69'; minimum temperature,
470; highest wind, 9 miles per hour
direction. N. w. At 3 p. m. the tenn
perature at Salt Lake was $50, Denver, TO-,
Omaha 74o, North Platte, 7S0, Yankton,
74', Des Moines, $40. Davenport, $40.